Words Starting With DETE
Here's the list of all the 131 Words Starting With DETE in the English Language.
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| determine | 1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study 2. shape or influence; give direction to More Definitions → |
| determined | 1. characterized by great determination 2. devoting full strength and concentrated attention to More Definitions → |
| detection | 1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists 2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something More Definitions → |
| determination | 1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation 2. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose More Definitions → |
| determining | 1. having the power or quality of deciding More Definitions → |
| detected | 1. perceived or discerned 2. perceived with the mind More Definitions → |
| detect | 1. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes More Definitions → |
| detector | 1. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner 2. rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave More Definitions → |
| detective | 1. a police officer who investigates crimes 2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public More Definitions → |
| detention | 1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time) 2. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home More Definitions → |
| detecting | 1. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator More Definitions → |
| deter | 1. try to prevent; show opposition to 2. turn away from by persuasion More Definitions → |
| deterioration | 1. a symptom of reduced quality or strength 2. process of changing to an inferior state More Definitions → |
| deterministic | 1. an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes More Definitions → |
| detergent | 1. having cleansing power 2. a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering More Definitions → |
| detectable | 1. capable of being detected 2. easily seen or detected More Definitions → |
| determinant | 1. a determining or causal element or factor 2. the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself More Definitions → |
| deterrent | 1. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress 2. tending to deter More Definitions → |
| deterrence | 1. a negative motivational influence 2. a communication that makes you afraid to try something More Definitions → |
| deteriorate | 1. become worse or disintegrate 2. grow progressively worse More Definitions → |
| determinism | 1. (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will More Definitions → |
| deterred | 1. try to prevent; show opposition to 2. turn away from by persuasion More Definitions → |
| determinate | 1. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause 2. not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex More Definitions → |
| deterring | 1. try to prevent; show opposition to 2. turn away from by persuasion More Definitions → |
| detest | 1. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards More Definitions → |
| determinative | 1. one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases 2. a determining or causal element or factor More Definitions → |
| determinable | 1. capable of being determined or limited or fixed More Definitions → |
| detested | 1. treated with dislike or contempt More Definitions → |
| detestable | 1. offensive to the mind 2. unequivocally detestable More Definitions → |
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